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_ MARINE REVIEW. uy OR How to Splice a Rope. --: ‘Tie a piece of twine, 9 and 10, around the rope to be spliced, about six feet from each end, and then unlay the strands back to the twine. Butt the ropes together and twist each correspond- ing pair of strands loosely to keep them from being tangled. See engraving 1327. : The twine 10 is now cut, and the strand 8 unlaid and strand 7 carefully laid in its place for a distance of four and a half feet from the junction. ‘The strand 6 is next unlaid about one and a half feet and strand 5 laid in its place. The ends of the cores are now cut off so they just meet. Unlay strand 1 four and a half feet, laying strand 2 in its place. Unlay strand 3 one and a half feet, laying in strand 4. Cut all the strands off to a length of about twenty inches, for convenience in manipulation. FIG. 1327 From the point of meeting of the strands 8 and 7, unlay each one three turfis; split both the strand 8 and the strand 7 in halves as far back as theyare now unlaid and the end of each half strand ‘“‘whipped’’ with a small piece of twine. The half of the strand 7 is now laid in three turns and the half of 8 also laid in three turns. The half strands now meet and are tied ina sim- ple knot, 11 (engraving No. 1341) making the rope at this point its original size. The rope is now opened witha marlin spike and the half strand 7 worked around the half strand of 8 by passing the end of the half strand 7 through the rope as shown in the engraving drawn taut and again worked around this half strand until it reaches the half strand 13 that was not laid in. This half strand 13 is now split, and the half strand 7 drawn through the opening thus made, and then tucked under the two adjacent strands, as shown in cut 1342. The other half of the strand 8 is now wound around the other half strand 7 in the same manner. After each pair of strands has been treated in, this manner, the ends are cut off at 12, leaving them about four inches long. After a few days’ wear they will draw into the body of the rope or wear off, so that the locality of the splice can scarcely be detected, Following is a handy cordage dictionary: Yarn, fibres twisted together. Thread, two or more small yarns twisted together. String, the same as a thread but a little larger yarns. Strand, two or more large yarns twisted together. Cord, several threads twisted together. Rope, several strands twisted together. Hawser, a rope of three strands. Shroud- laid, a rope of four strands. Cable, three hawsers twisted to- gether. Yarns are laid up left handed into strands. Strands are laid up right handed into rope. Hawsers are laid up left handed into a cable. A rope is: Laid, by twisting strands together in making _ the rope; Spliced, by joining to another rope by interweaving the strands; Whipped, by winding a string around the end to prevent untwisting; Served, when covered by winding a yarn continuously and tightly around it; Parceled, by wrapping with canvas; Seized, when two parts are bound together by a yarn, thread or string; Payed, when painted, tarred or greased to re- sist wet, and Taut, when drawn tight or strained. i ll co 'W Wa Excelsior Marine Benevolent Association. Capt. Thomas Jones has been elected treasurer of the Cleve- land lodge to fill the position made vacant by the death of Capt. John Nelson. He will serve only the unexpired portion of the time. A general election of officers for 1892 will take place on the first Friday of next mouth. a Members of the association whose boats are in Buftalo joined with the Buffalo lodge in showing respect to the memory of Capt. James Carlisle, of the steamer Milwaukee, who died on the roth inst. Capt. Carlisle was one of the charter members of the association. He was sixty two years of age and had followed the lakes for thirty-one years. He had been in the steamer Milwaukee for twelve years. The Buffalo lodge adopted a fit- ting tribute to his memory and attended the funeral in a body. High Speed and Large Capacity. A remarkable proof of the changes that are taking place in the shipping trade was recently afforded at Liverpool, when at auction sale the best offer that could be got for the City of Rich- mond, once acrack boat of the Inman fleet, was £6,600. The ship originally cost about £150,000. The explanation probably is that her engines are out of date, and the vessel consequently too slow and too expensive in the matter of coal consumption, to keep a place in the North Atlantic fleet. The demand now is on all hands tor high speed and large carrying capacity. FIG.1328